Improvement in handles for bundles



J. W. KNAPP. Handle for Bundles.

'No. 196,364. Patented Oct. '23, 1877 lNvzm-rmm WITNEEEEE:

, NJETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES w. KNAPP, OF WARWICK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOJAMES H. HOLLY, or SAME PLAoE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLES FOR BUNDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,364, dated October23, 1877; application filed March 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J As. WV.- KNAPP, of Warwick, in the county ofOrange and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Handles for Bundles; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention is in the nature of a pocket device for use in carryingbundles, packages, or the like; and the invention consists in theconstruction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

The accompanying drawing, forming a part of the specification, shows aperspective view of this device as applied toa box.

A represents awooden handle, provided with a wire, B, which passesthrough the center of the handle, and is then bent at rightangles to theline of the handle, and the ends made into bulging loops 0 G. Throughthese loops is passed a double or single cord, D, a portion of such cordforming a loop, D. This loop is passed around a bundle, box, or package,and

drawn tight, and the ends D 1), being also passed around the bundle, aretied, whereby the bundle may not only be secured, but is also providedwith a handle for convenience in carrying. The act of drawing the ends DD of the cords tightly to tie them also serves to tighten the loop Dabout the bundle.

The action of the cord, when secured around a bundle or other package,will be such as to retain the wire at a perpendicular to the bundle,thereby presenting the handle in the most convenient position for use;but such action does not preclude the folding back of the handle uponthe bundle when that is desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is A bundle-carrier consisting of a wire bent at right angles tothe line of its handle,- and provided with bulging loops at the ends,adapted to receive a cord, in combination with the cord, arranged asshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JAMES W. KNAPP.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. BEATTIE, JAs. H. HoLLoR.

